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CHAPTER I

CHAPTER I

Letter from Lebel—Visit from Lebel—Nothing conclusive—Another visit

from Lebel—Invitation to sup with the king—Instructions of the comte

Jean to the comtesse

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER II

A slight preface—Arrival at Versailles— "La toilette"—Portrait of

the king—The duc de Richelieu—The marquis de Chauvelin—The duc de la

Vauguyon-Supper with the king—The first night—The following day—The

curiosity of comte Jean—Presents from the king—How disposed of

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER III

The king's message—Letter from the countess—A second supper at

Versailles—The duc d'Ayen—A short account of M. de Fleury—The duc de

Duras—Conversation with the king—The next day—A visit from the duc

de Richelieu—Visit from the duc de la Vauguyon—Visit from comte

Jean—Visit from the king—A third supper—Favor

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER IV

The duc d'Aiguillon—The duc de Fronsac—The duchesse de Grammont—The

meeting—Sharp words on both sides—The duc de Choiseul—Mesdames

d'Aiguillon—Letter from the duc d'Aiguillon—Reply of madame du

Barry—Mademoiselle Guimard—The prince de Soubise—Explanation—The

Rohans—Madame de Marsan—Court friendships

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER V

The duc de la Vauguyon and the comtesse du Barry—The marquis

de Chauvelin and the comtesse—M. de Montbarrey and the

comtesse—Intrigues—Lebel—Arrival of the du Barry family—The comte

d'Hargicourt—The demoiselles du Barry—Marriage of the comtesse—The

marquis de Bonrepos—Correspondences—The broken glass

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VI

Journey to Choisy—The comtesse du Barry and Louis XV—The king of

Denmark—The czar Peter—Frederick II—The abbé de la Chapelle—An

experiment—New intrigues—Secret agents-The comtesse and Louis

XV—Of the presentation—Letter of the comtesse to the duc

d'Aiguillon—Reply—Prince de Soubise

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VII

The comtesse and the duc d'Aiguillon—M. de Soubise—Louis XV and the

duc d'Aiguillon—Letter from the comtesse to the king—Answer of

the king-The " Nouvelles a la Main"—The comtesse and Louis XV—The

supper—The court ladies mystified—The comtesse and M. de Sartines

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER VIII

The sieur Ledoux—The lettre de cachet—The duc de la

Vrillière—Madame de Langeac—M. de Maupeou—Louis XV—The comte Jean

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER IX

The king of Denmark—The courtesans of Paris—The duc de Choiseul and

the bishop of Orleans—Witty repartees of the king of Denmark—His visit

to madame du Barry—"The court of king Petaud," a satire—Letter of

the duc d'Aiguillon to Voltaire—The duchesse de Grammont

mystified—Unpublished letter of Voltaire's

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER X

When is the presentation to take place?—Conversation on this subject

with the king—M. de Maupeou and M. de la Vauguyon—Conversation on

the same subject with the king and the duc de Richelieu—M. de

la Vrillière—M. Bertin—-Louis XV and the comtesse—The king's

promise—The fire-works, an anecdote—The marquise de Castellane—M. de

Maupeou at the duc de Choiseul's—The duchesse de Grammont

CHAPTER XI

CHAPTER XI

A word concerning the duchesse de Choiseul—The apartment of the Comte

de Noailles—The Noailles—Intrigues for presentation—The comte de

Bearn—M. Morand once more—Visit of the comtesse Bearn to the comtesse

du Barry—Conversation—Interested complaisance—The king and the

comtesse du Barry—Dispute and reconciliation

CHAPTER XII

CHAPTER XII

The comtesse de Bearn—The supper—Louis XV—Intrigues against

my presentation—M. de Roquelaure—The scalded foot—The comtesse

d'Aloigny—The duc d'Aiguillon and madame de Bearn—Anger of the king's

daughters—Madame Adélaïde and the comtesse du Barry—Dissatisfaction of

the king

CHAPTER XIII

CHAPTER XIII

Of the presentation—The king and the duc de Richelieu at comtesse du

Barry's—M. de la Vauguyon—Conversation—Letter of the duke to the

comtesse du Barry—Reply—The countess unites herself with the Jesuit

party—Madame Louise—Madame Sophie—M. Bertin—Madame de Bercheny

CHAPTER XIV

CHAPTER XIV

The princesses consent to the presentation of madame du Barry—Ingenious

artifice employed by the king to offer a present to the duc de la

Vauguyon—Madame du Barry's letter respecting it—The duke's reply—The

king's letter—The court in despair—Couplets concerning madame du

Barry—Her presentation—A change in public opinion—An evening party at

the house of the countess—Joy of her partizans—Conversation with the

chancellor respecting the lady of the maréchal de Mirepoix

CHAPTER XV

CHAPTER XV

The Comte de la Marche, a prince of the blood—Madame de Beauvoir, his

mistress—Madame du Barry complains to the prince de Soubise of the

princess de Guémenée—The king consoles the countess for this—The duc

de Choiseul—The king speaks to him of madame du Barry—Voltaire writes

to her—The opinions of Richelieu and the king concerning Voltaire

CHAPTER XVI

CHAPTER XVI

Unpublished letter of Voltaire to madame du Barry—Reply of the

countess—The maréchale de Mirepoix—Her first interview with madame du

Barry—Anecdote of the diamonds of madame de Mirepoix—The king pays

for them—Singular gratitude of the maréchale—The portfolio, and an

unpublished letter of the marquise de Pompadour

CHAPTER XVII

CHAPTER XVII

Conversation of the maréchale de Mirepoix with the comtesse du Barry

on court friendship—Intrigues of madame de Bearn—Preconcerted meeting

with madame de Flaracourt—-Rage of madame de Bearn—Portrait and

conversation of madame de Flaracourt with the comtesse du Barry—Insult

from the princesse de Guémenée—Her banishment—Explanation of the

king and the duc de Choiseul relative to madame du Barry—The comtesse

d'Egmont

CHAPTER XVIII

CHAPTER XVIII

Intrigue of the comtesse d'Egmont with a shopman—His unhappy

fate—The comtesse du Barry protects him—Conduct of Louis XV upon the

occasion—The young man quits France—Madame du Barry's letter to the

comtesse d'Egmont—Quarrel with the maréchal de Richelieu

CHAPTER XIX

CHAPTER XIX

Madame du Barry separates from madame de Bearn—Letters between

these ladies—Portrait of madame de l'Hôpital—The ladder—The

bell—Conversation with madame de Mirepoix—First visit to

Chantilly—Intrigues to prevent the countess from going thither—The

king's Displeasure towards the princesses—The archbishop de Senlis

CHAPTER XX

CHAPTER XX

Unpublished letter of Louis XV—Madame du Barry's cousin, M. de

Maupeou—The comtesse du Barry saves the life of a young girl seduced by

the arts of the curé of her village—She obtains pardon of the comte

and comtesse de Louerne—The king presents her with Lucienne—A second

meeting with the youthful prophet—His further predictions—He is sought

for—His mysterious letter to the countess

CHAPTER XXI

CHAPTER XXI

Extraordinary anecdote of Louis XIV and madame de Maintenon—The

comtesse du Barry at Chantilly—Opinion of king and comte de la Marche

respecting the "Iron Mask"—Madame du Barry visits madame de Lagarde

CHAPTER XXII

CHAPTER XXII

The chevalier de la Morlière—Portrait of the duc de Choiseul—The

duc de Choiseul and the comtesse du Barry—No reconciliation

effected—Madame du Barry and the duc d'Aiguillon—Madame du Barry and

Louis XV

CHAPTER XXIII

CHAPTER XXIII

Dorine—Mademoiselle Choin and the maréchal d'Uxelles—Zamor—M. de

Maupeou's wig—Henriette—The duc de Villeroi and Sophie—Letter from

the comtesse du Barry to the duc de Villeroi—His reply—The countess

writes again—Madame du Barry and Sophie—Louis XV and the comtesse du

Barry

CHAPTER XXIV

CHAPTER XXIV

The prince des Deux Ponts—Prince Max—The dauphin and Marie

Antoinette—The comtesse du Barry and Bridget Rupert—The countess and

Geneviève Mathon—Noël—Fresh amours—Nocturnal adventure—Conclusion of

this intrigue

CHAPTER XXV

CHAPTER XXV

Madame du Barry succeeds in alienating Louis XV from the duc de

Choiseul—Letter from madame de Grammont—Louis XV—The chancellor

and the countess—Louis XV and the abbé de la Ville—The maréchale de

Mirepoix and madame du Barry

CHAPTER XXVI

CHAPTER XXVI

Baron d'Oigny, general post-master—The king and the countess read the

opened letters—The disgrace of de Choiseul resolved upon— Lettre de

cachet —Anecdote—Spectre of Philip II, king of Spain—The duc de

Choiseul banished—Visits to Chanteloup—The princesses—The dauphin and

dauphiness—Candidates for the ministry

CHAPTER XXVII

CHAPTER XXVII

The comte de la Marche and the comtesse du Barry—The countess and the

prince de Condé—The duc de la Vauguyon and the countess—Provisional

minister—Refusal of the secretaryship of war—Displeasure of the

king—The maréchale de Mirepoix—Unpublished letter from Voltaire to

Madame du Barry—Her reply

CHAPTER XXVIII

CHAPTER XXVIII

A few words respecting Jean Jacques Rousseau—The comtesse du Barry

is desirous of his acquaintance—The countess visits Jean Jacques

Rousseau—His household furniture—His portrait—Thérèse—A second visit

from madame du Barry to Jean Jacques Rousseau—The countess relates her

visit to the king—Billet from J. J. Rousseau to madame du Barry—The

two duchesses d'Aiguillon

CHAPTER XXIX

CHAPTER XXIX

The king's friends—The duc de Fronsac—The duc d'Ayen's remark—Manner

of living at court—The marquis de Dreux—Brézé—Education of

Louis XV—The Parc-aux-Cerfs—Its household—Its inmates—Mère

Bompart—Livres expended on the Parc-aur-Cerfs—Good advice—Madame

CHAPTER XXX

CHAPTER XXX

Fête given by the comtesse de Valentinois—The comtesse du Barry feigns

an indisposition—Her dress—The duc de Cossé—The comte and comtesse

de Provence—Dramatic entertainment—Favart and Voisenon—A few

observations—A pension—The maréchale de Luxembourg—Adventure of M.

de Bombelles—Copy of a letter addressed to him—Louis XV—M. de Maupeou

and madame du Barry

CHAPTER XXXI

CHAPTER XXXI

Madame du Barry purchases the services of Marin the gazetteer—Louis

XV and madame de Rumas—M. de Rumas and the comtesse du Barry—An

intrigue— Dénouement—A present upon the occasion—The duc de

Richelieu in disgrace—100,000 livres

CHAPTER XXXII

CHAPTER XXXII

A prefatory remark—Madame Brillant—The maréchale de Luxembourg's

cat—Despair of the maréchale—The ambassador, Beaumarchais, and the duc

de Chaulnes—the comte d'Aranda—Louis XV and his relics—The abbé de

Beauvais—His sermons—He is appointed bishop

CHAPTER XXXIII

CHAPTER XXXIII

M. D——n and madame de Blessac—Anecdote—The rendezvous and

the Ball—The wife of Gaubert—They wish to give her to the

king—Intrigues—Their results—Letter from the duc de la Vrillière to

the countess—Reply—Reconciliation

CHAPTER XXXIV

CHAPTER XXXIV

Conversation with the king—Marriage of the comte

d'Artois—Intrigues—The place of lady of honor—The maréchale de

Mirepoix—The comtesse de Forcalquier and madame du Barry—The comtesse

de Forcalquier and madame Boncault

CHAPTER XXXV

CHAPTER XXXV

Marriage of madame Boncault—The comte de Bourbon Busset—Marriage of

comte d'Hargicourt—Disgrace of the comte de Broglie—He is replaced

by M. Lemoine—The king complains of ennui—Conversations on the

subject—Entry into Paris

CHAPTER XXXVI

CHAPTER XXXVI

Visit from a stranger—Madame de Pompadour and a Jacobinical

monk—Continuation of this history—Deliverance of a state prisoner—A

meeting with the stranger

CHAPTER XXXVII

CHAPTER XXXVII

A conspiracy—A scheme for poisoning madame du Barry—The four

bottles—Letter to the duc d'Aiguillon—Advice of the ministers—Opinion

of the physicians—The chancellor and lieutenant of police—Resolution

of the council

CHAPTER XXXVIII

CHAPTER XXXVIII

Conclusion of this affair—A letter from the incognita—Her

examination—Arrest of Cabert the Swiss—He dies in the Bastille of

poison—Madame Lorimer is arrested and poisoned—-The innocence of

the Jesuits acknowledged—Madame de Mirepoix and the 100,000

francs—Forgetfulness on the part of the lieutenant of police—A visit

from comte Jean—Madame de Mirepoix

CHAPTER XXXIX

CHAPTER XXXIX

My alarms—An èlève of the Pare-aux-Cerfs—Comte Jean endeavours to

direct the king's ideas—A supper at Trianon—Table talk—The king is

seized with illness—His conversation with me—The joiner's daughter and

the small-pox—My despair—Conduct of La Martinière the surgeon

CHAPTER XL.

CHAPTER XL.

La Martinière causes the king to be removed to Versailles—The young

prophet appears again to madame du Barry—Prediction respecting

cardinal de Richelieu—The joiner's daughter requests to see madame du

Barry—Madame de Mirepoix and the 50,000 francs—A soirée in the salon

of madame du Barry

CHAPTER XLI

CHAPTER XLI

Interview with the joiner's daughter—Consultation of the physicians

respecting the king—The small-pox declares itself—the comte de

Muy—The princesses—Extreme sensibility of madame de Mirepoix—The

king is kept in ignorance of his real condition—The archbishop of Paris

visits Versailles

CHAPTER XLII

CHAPTER XLII

First proceedings of the council—The dauphin receives the prelates with

great coolness—Situation of the archbishop of Paris—Richelieu evades

the project for confessing the king—The friends of madame du Barry

come forward—The English physician—The abbé Terray—Interview with the

prince de Soubise—The prince and the courtiers—La Martinière informs

the king of France the true nature of his complaint—Consequences of

this disclosure

CHAPTER XLIII

CHAPTER XLIII

Terror of the king—A complication—Filial piety of the princesses—Last

interview between madame du Barry and Louis XV—Conversation with the

maréchale de Mirepoix—The chancellor Maupeou—The fragment—Comte Jean

CHAPTER XLIV

CHAPTER XLIV

The duc d'Aiguillon brings an order for the immediate departure of

madame du Barry—The king's remarks recapitulated—The countess holds

a privy council—Letter to madame de Mirepoix and the ducs de Cossé and

d'Aiguillon—Night of departure—Ruel—Visit from madame de Forcalquier

CHAPTER XLV

CHAPTER XLV

The duc d'Aiguillon's first letter—The maréchale de Mirepoix—A second

letter from the duc d'Aiguillon—Numerous visitors

CHAPTER XLVI

A third letter from the duke—The king receives extreme unction—Letter

from madame Victoire to the dauphin—M. de Machault—A promenade with

the duc de Cossé—Kind attention from the prince des Deux Pouts—A

fourth letter from the duc d'Aiguillon—Comte Jean bids me farewell—M.

d'Aiguillon's fifth letter, containing an account of the death of Louis

XV—The duc de la Vrillière—The Lettre de cachet—Letter to the

queen—Departure for the abbey of Pont aux Dames





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